{"id":13008,"date":"2010-08-20T10:00:45","date_gmt":"2010-08-20T16:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/?p=13008"},"modified":"2010-08-20T04:05:24","modified_gmt":"2010-08-20T10:05:24","slug":"international-read-comics-in-public-day-is-august-28-happy-birthday-jack-kirby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/2010\/08\/international-read-comics-in-public-day-is-august-28-happy-birthday-jack-kirby\/","title":{"rendered":"International Read Comics in Public Day is August 28. Happy Birthday, Jack Kirby!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you look closer at the <a href=\"http:\/\/twitpic.com\/2a7ano\" class=\"external external_icon\">photo inset<\/a> you&#8217;ll notice we already &#8220;read comics in public.&#8221; No special day required.<\/p>\n<p>But almost any holiday is a good reason to celebrate. <\/p>\n<p>Hey <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/havencomics\" class=\"external external_icon\">@HavenComics<\/a>, what are you planning for the occasion? <\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitpic.com\/2a7imm\" title=\"Business Time. #scottpilgrim #beerandliterature on Twitpic\" class=\"external\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/twitpic.com\/show\/thumb\/2a7imm.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"Business Time. #scottpilgrim #beerandliterature on Twitpic\" class=\"alignleft\"><\/a>The concept is fairly simple: we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re asking that everyone take an hour or two out of their day on August 28th (also the birthday of Jack \u00e2\u20ac\u0153King\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Kirby, incidentally) to read a comic book in a public setting\u00e2\u20ac\u201da park bench, a beach, a bus, the front steps of your local library (we do ask, however, that you be mindful of local loitering laws). Let strangers see you reading a piece of sequential art.<\/p>\n<p>Take to the streets. Be proud.<a href=\"http:\/\/readcomicsinpublic.com\/\" class=\"external external_icon\"> If someone asks what you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re reading, say, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153a comic book\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/a> (the phrase \u00e2\u20ac\u0153graphic novel is also acceptable, but let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s face it, it sort of defeats the whole purpose). Heck, lend them a book, if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got an extra\u00e2\u20ac\u201dwhat better way to make a new friend and convert a new reader?<\/p>\n<p>While you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re at it, why not get a friend to snap a picture of you reading? Send it along and we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll post it up for you in our photo gallery and on our site.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Official site:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/readcomicsinpublic.com\/\" class=\"external external_icon\">http:\/\/readcomicsinpublic.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2010\/08\/19\/august-28-is-interna.html\" class=\"external external_icon\">boingboing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you look closer at the photo inset you&#8217;ll notice we already &#8220;read comics in public.&#8221; No special day required. But almost any holiday is a good reason to celebrate. Hey @HavenComics, what are you planning for the occasion? The concept is fairly simple: we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re asking that everyone take an hour or two out of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,49,48],"tags":[3048,201,3047,800,1457,2342],"class_list":["post-13008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-comics","category-holiday","tag-august-28","tag-boingboing","tag-international-read-comics-in-public-day","tag-it-must-be-read","tag-jack-kirby","tag-nicely"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13008"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13015,"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13008\/revisions\/13015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}